Suspect in Hagerstown rape, stabbing is arrested

HAGERSTOWN — A 25-year-old Hagerstown man was arrested Thursday in connection to a March 5 rape and stabbing in the 900 block of Security Road, according to Hagerstown police.

Montague Stephen Sutherland of 61 E. Franklin St., Apartment 4, was arrested Thursday after a lengthy investigation, and was charged with first- and second-degree rape, first- and second-degree assault, burglary and reckless endangerment.

At 6 a.m. March 5, police responded to the home where they found a woman with several stab wounds. She told police she had been raped after a black man broke into her home. She was taken to Meritus Medical Center where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.